https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=3066104&GUID=D1C9BC88-B85E-465F-8535-7259A9AA9BE9Legistar15https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=3066104&GUID=D1C9BC88-B85E-465F-8535-7259A9AA9BE9D1C9BC88-B85E-465F-8535-7259A9AA9BE9-2017-06-07-14-21-53Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN MEMORY OF AVY MEYERS WHEREAS, Avy Meyers, long-time host of North Town News Magazine, opinionated owner and publisher for the newspaper Jewish Chicago and well known cable and You Tube interviewer who was perhaps best known for his judicial interviews died at the age of 66, leaving behind family, friends, colleagues and a community enriched for having known him; and WHEREAS, Avy Meyers was a long time journalist at North Town News Magazine, Chicago's only weekly televised neighborhood news magazine, which later had a powerful presence on the internet as well. Over the course of the run of the show he conducted more than ten thousand interviews and drew some of the highest You Tube viewership of any local cable show in the country; and WHEREAS, as a young journalist Avy Meyers went to work for the Chicago Defender and became their first white reporter. He covered countless criminal trials and became interested in issues regarding the judiciary. It was partly this interest that focused his scrutiny on judicial candidates. He was also actively Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:21:53 GMT